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Teaching How CRISPR-Cas9 Helped Two Women Make Nobel Prize History

How CRISPR-Cas9 Helped Two Women Make Nobel Prize History

In October, 2020, Dr. Jennifer Doudna and Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier made history as the first two women to share the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. To understand why their discovery was so important, it helps to first understand what genes are.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What are genes and how can CRISPR-Cas9 change them?
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DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

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